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(adj)
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
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Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.
(obsolete) Involuntary.
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Not voluntary.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
(n)
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
In a condition or state of stimulation.
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that have the illusion of motion through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Emotionally affected; touched.
Subject to an effect caused by a person or thing outside of the subject's control.
Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
(Internet slang) Angered; agitated.
(v)
(obsolete) To express with great emotion.
Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
Under strain or deprivation.
Standing in relation or connection.
Treated or regarded with partiality.
Thoroughly explained.
US standard spelling of favoured. [Treated or regarded with partiality.]
Made easier.
Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
Held continuously at a certain level.
Having a handle or handles, often of a specified number or kind.
In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
(of a task or assignment) Having been subject to intent progress.
Subjected to regulation or direction.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
Having a justification.
(informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
Helped or aided.
(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
based on reasoning; being the result of logical thought
Away, having left.
determined or dependent on some condition
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
Defeated.
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
Providing guidance or direction.
Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
(sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
Subject to guidance.
(transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
Under an obligation to do something.
Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
Having a basis.
Having been argued in favor of.
To move swiftly.
(of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
At or close to the state of the art.
Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance.
With or having an escort.
revitalized or rejuvenated
dismissed, terminated from employment.
Bent backwards, as in swayback
Having a specific orientation (positioning or direction).
Connected, either with links, or as if with links.
Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
Deprived of sight; thus:
Experienced in travel.
(British spelling) Standard spelling of traveled.
Owed or owing.
(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of focused. [Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.]
Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
(theater) Suspended in the flies.
That is not free of charge; that costs money.
That has had sparks (of electricity) passed through it
A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
Having printed lines.
To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
Clipping of federate. [To unite in a federation.]
(in combination) Heading in a certain direction.
Directed towards a target.
Aimed at something; focused.
padded
(intransitive) To make advance with force.
UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of centered.
fed
Wearing spurs.
(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
(transitive) To hit with a belt.
(of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.
(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
(informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
(UK dialectal or obsolete) A grub or maggot.
Being the subject of a hunt.
(transitive, dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
(transitive) To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.
(transitive) To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
supplied with or powered by fuel